10 interesting facts about bananas 🍌 🤯

Bananas are not grown on trees but are actually classified as berries. Bananas are naturally slightly radioactive, due to their potassium content.

The inside of a banana peel can be used to calm an itchy mosquito bite. There are more than 1,000 different types of bananas in the world, but the most commonly exported and consumed variety is the Cavendish banana.

Bananas are a great source of vitamin B6, which helps with brain development and function by aiding the body in producing serotonin. Eating a banana before a workout can help provide energy due to their high carbohydrate content.

Bananas float in water due to their low density. The original bananas had large, hard seeds in them, unlike the seedless varieties we know today.

In Nepal, there is a festival called Kukur Tihar where dogs are honored by placing a garland of flowers around their necks, applying a red mark on their forehead, and feeding them with delicious food. Uganda has the highest average per capita consumption of bananas in the world, with each person consuming approximately 500 pounds of bananas a year.

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